Breed Champion Spartan 1 Victoria’s Secret from SC & GL Hartwright
It was a day to remember for owner and breeder Messrs SC & GL Hartwright with their homebred, five-year-old cow Spartan 1 Victoria’s Secret and her April-born bull calf Spartan 1 Double-Or-Nothing winning the Overall Supreme Championship under judge Mr Jimmy McMillan. Rearing her fifth calf, Victoria’s Secret is no stranger to the show ring having recently been tapped out as Female Champion and Reserve Breed Champion at Northumberland County Show and Overall Breed Champion at the 2024 Royal Highland Show. Victoria’s Secret is a Solpoll 1 Perfection daughter, and her dam Cleland 1 Glissade 26th is a Cleland 1 Luther daughter. The calf Spartan 1 Double-Or-Nothing is a Spartan 1 Billy-the-Kid son, again with Solpoll 1 Perfection in the back pedigree.
Reserve Breed Champion Dendor 1 Cruzcampo from DE, ED & AL Jones
Dendor 1 Cruzcampo from DE, ED & AL Jones enjoyed Interbreed success at the show winning Reserve Native Junior Interbreed Champion, also taking the Reserve Breed Champion title and Junior Male Champion. Cruzcampo is a March 2025-born bull sired by Solpoll 1 Vanquish and out of Dendor 1 Echo 36th, a Bakgard 1 Keno daughter which was Reserve Female Champion at Shrewsbury Calf Show 2019. Again, no stranger to the show ring, Cruzcampo was crowned Junior Male Champion at Shrewsbury Calf Show in 2025 and more recently Reserve Male Champion at Shropshire County Show last month.
Senior Male Champion Dendor 1 Alabama from F J Wood and Sons
Taking the Overall Reserve Male Championship and Senior Male Championship was Dendor 1 Alabama from F J Wood and Sons. Alabama is sired by Dendor 1 Vivian, a Gouldingpoll 1 Moonshine son and out of Dendor 1 Jennefer 17th, a Solpoll 1 Gilbert daughter. Alabama was reserve Polled Bull of the Year in 2025 and has had a successful show career, picking up Senior Male Champion at the National held at Moreton in 2025 and more recently Male Champion at Devon County Show this year.
Reserve Senior Male Champion Havenfield 1 Balliff from EL Lewis & Son
Havenfield 1 Bailiff scooped up the Reserve Senior Male title and won first prize in the bull born on or between 1st January 2024 and 31st August 2024 class. Exhibited by EL Lewis and Son, Bailiff is a March 2024-born bull sired by Solpoll 1 Lawman, champion at Tullamore show in 2016 and 2017, a Panmure 1 Henry son. Bailiff’s dam is Haven Dowager 184th, a horned cow winning second prize in the HCBA Herd Competition and also the dam of Haven Brigadier, Champion at Kington Show in 2025. Bailiff is in the top 1% of the breed for 200, 400 and 600 day growth, along with Hereford Terminal Index.
Reserve Junior Male Champion Midford 1 Crackerjack from Mr William Awan
Reserve Junior Male Champion went to Mr William Awan with Midford 1 Crackerjack, last week’s Royal Cornwall Show Overall Breed Champion. Born in October 2024, Crackerjack is sired by Kinglee 1 The New One, a Cleland 1 Nelson son and out of Gouldingpoll 1 Ravette 738 (best cow in the South West Herd Competition 2023), who bred Midford 1 Ravette 1st, the Supreme Champion at the Shrewsbury Calf Show in 2023, and Female Champion at Agri Expo the same year. Crackerjack is no stranger to the show winning having previously lifted the Interbreed Senior Calf Championship at Agrifest Southwest in 2025 and winning Junior Male Champion and Reserve Male Champion at the National Show at Moreton in Marsh 2025.
Reserve Female Champion Pepperstock 1 Molly V715 from Mr Jim Speirs
Pepperstock 1 Molly V715 took the Reserve Senior Female Championship with her September-born heifer calf at foot, Pepperstock 1 Molly D1200. Exhibited by Mr Jim Speirs, Molly V715 is a Pepperstock 1 Rebellious daughter sired by Normanton 1 Laertes. Her dam Pepperstock 1 Molly S511 is a Pepperstock 1 Kingsley daughter. Molly V715 is a December 2020-born cow rearing her third heifer calf and due to calve again in the autumn. Molly D1200 won a championship in her own right, being awarded Reserve Junior Champion. Molly D1200 is sired by Solpoll 1 Spike, a Moeskaer Upgrade son.
Junior Female Champion Bosbury 1 Laurel C218 from Mrs Sarah Hawkins
Junior Female Champion was won by Mrs Sarah Hawkins with Bosbury 1 Laurel C218. A February 2025 born heifer and sired by Grifford 1 Try, a Fabb 1 Northern Star son, and out of Bosbury 1 Laurel V68 BN, a Barwise 1 Nabucco daughter.
Winning the class for the best exhibitor-bred pair of animals and going on to win Reserve Native pair of animals in the Interbreed was F J Wood and Son with their two February 2025-born heifers, Allwood 1 Greta 2nd and Allwood 1 Greta 3rd. Both heifers are sired by River-Dale 1 Whiz Kid.
Congratulations to all the exhibitors and stockman on a fantastic showcase of Hereford cattle, and many thanks to Mr Jimmy McMillan on doing a fantastic job judging.
Words: Maddie Clarke
Photography: Wayne Hutchinson
Results
Bull born on or before 31 December 2023
1st Dendor 1 Alabama, FJ Wood & Sons
2nd Free Town Broadside, RA Bradstock & Partners
Bull born on or between 1 January 2024 and 31 August 2024
1st Havenfield 1 Balliff, EL Lewis & Son
2nd Bounds 1 Brooklyn, H Weston & Sons Ltd
Bull born on or between 1 September 2024 and 30 November 2024
1st Midford 1 Crackerjack, Mr William Awan
2nd Adzor Curiosity, Mr DJ Makin
Bull born on or between 1 December 2024 and 28 February 2025
1st Maxstoke 1 Claude, Colin Jones
2nd Bosbury 1 Carling, Mrs Sarah Hawkins
3rd Thornysure 1 Caesar, Mr Mike & Caroline Shaw
4th Lanscombe 1 Gilbert, Messrs RA & VA Mitchell
5th Bounds 1 Caspar, H Weston & Sons Ltd
Bull born on or between 1 March 2025 and 30 April 2025
1st Dendor 1 Cruzcampo, DE, ED & AL Jones
2nd Spartan 1 Caretaker, SC & GL Hartwright
3rd Haven Churchill, EL Lewis & Son
4th Rosemore 1 Carlisle, Mr LS & TJ Roberts
5th Baybridge 1 Crackalacking, Mr Les Gould
Bull born on or after 1 May 2025
1st Hallwood 1 Duke Of Destiny, Mr Robert Shaw
2nd Kingsland 1 Churchill, Vaughans Farms Ltd
3rd Thornysure 1 Dodge, Mr Mike & Caroline Shaw
4th Thornysure 1 Dasher, Mr Mike & Caroline Shaw
Cow or Heifer in milk born on or before 31 August 2023 with her own calf at foot
1st Spartan 1 Victoria’s Secret, SC & GL Hartwright
2nd Pepperstock 1 Molly V715, Mr Jim Speirs
3rd Anroch 1 Lollipop 4th, Newtoncroft Farms
4th Hallwood 1 Lady Jewel, Mr Robert Shaw
5th Thornysure 1 Vixen, Mr Mike & Caroline Shaw
6th Thornysure 1 Whiskey, Mr Mike & Caroline Shaw
Heifer born or between 1 September 2023 and 31st August 2024
1st Mairwen 1 Oyster Lass 4th, Mr Nigel Owens
2nd Baybridge 1 Betula, Mr Les Gould
3rd Lanscombe 1 Foxglove, Messrs RA & VA Mitchell
4th Allwood 1 Miss, FJ Wood & Sons
5th Bosbury 1 Rosa B201, Vaughans Farms Ltd
6th Newtoncroft 1 Lottie 523, Newtoncroft Farms
7th Thornysure 1 Belinda, Mr Mike & Caroline Shaw
8th Ernford Lobelia, Mr Jonathan McInnes Skinner
9th Lanscombe 1 Forever, Messrs RA & VA Mitchell
Heifer born on or between 1 September 2024 and 31 December 2024
1st Pepperstock 1 Jade C1099, Mr Jim Speirs
2nd Pulham 1 Lucy 7th, Mr SJ & H Smith
3rd Dendor 1 Lilac Wine 46th, DE, ED & AL Jones
4th Banjos 1 Eva Cassiopeia, Mr Tony Yaldren
5th Banjos 1 Miss Clove, Mr Tony Yaldren
6th Spartan 1 Glissade SV C273, SC & GL Hartwright
7th Creuddyn Curly 1st, Mr Gwynfor Davies
Heifer born on or between 1 January 2025 and 31 March 2025
1st Bosbury 1 Laurel C218, Mrs Sarah Hawkins
2nd Allwood 1 Greta 2nd, FJ Wood & Sons
3rd Pepperstock 1 Blossom, Mr SJ & H Smith
4th Lanscombe 1 Gracious, Messrs RA & VA Mitchell
5th Hallwood 1 Grace, Mr Robert Shaw
6th Allwood 1 Greta 3rd, FJ Wood & Sons
Heifer born on or after 1 April 2025
1st Pepperstock 1 Molly D1200, Mr Jim Speirs
2nd Dendor 1 Holly 15th, DE, ED & AL Jones
3rd Hawkesbury 1 Penny, Mr Mike & Caroline Shaw
4th Banjos 1 Gilly Cleopatra, Mr Tony Yaldren
5th Bounds Seraphina 2nd, H Weston & Sons Ltd
Best pair of exhibitor-owned animals by the same sire
1st Mr Les Gould
2nd FJ Wood & Sons
3rd Vaughans Farms
Pair of animals, exhibitor-bred
1st FJ Wood & Sons
2nd Vaughans Farms
3rd Mr Mike & Caroline Shaw
Group of three animals, owned by the same exhibitor
1st Vaughans Farms
2nd Mr Mike & Caroline Shaw
Senior Male Champion Dendor 1 Alabama, FJ Wood & Sons
Reserve Senior Male Champion Havenfield 1 Balliff, EL Lewis & Son
Junior Male Champion Dendor 1 Cruzcampo, DE, ED & AL Jones
Reserve Junior Male Champion Midford 1 Crackerjack, Mr William Awan
Male Champion Dendor 1 Cruzcampo, DE, ED & AL Jones
Reserve Male Champion Dendor 1 Alabama, FJ Wood & Sons
Senior Female Champion Spartan 1 Victoria’s Secret, SC & GL Hartwright
Reserve Senior Female Champion Pepperstock 1 Molly V715, Mr Jim Speirs
Junior Female Champion Bosbury 1 Laurel C218, Mrs Sarah Hawkins,
Reserve Junior Female Champion Pepperstock 1 Molly D1200, Mr Jim Speirs
Female Champion Spartan 1 Victoria’s Secret, SC & GL Hartwright
Reserve Female Champion Pepperstock 1 Molly V715, Mr Jim Speirs
Breed Champion Spartan 1 Victoria’s Secret, SC & GL Hartwright
Reserve Breed Champion Dendor 1 Cruzcampo, DE, ED & AL Jones